Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code ECN

16. Specific lobbying issues

Funding for economic development of Dayton, Ohio region; securing funding for Military Construction (MILCON) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Springfield Air National Guard Base in future years; supporting efforts that will make it easier to use third-party financing and other creative alternatives to funding construction on military bases; amending Title 10 of the U.S. Code to add a requirement to address Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques in the Milestone B and C Summary Reports for Major Defense Acquisition Programs; encouraging the Department of Defense to increase use and funding of the Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques Center of Excellence; urging the Air Force to speed up hiring for the civilian acquisition workforce; allowing Foreign Military Sales surcharge funds for construction or lease payments; authorizing defense laboratories to use unobligated expired funds from other Defense Department programs for infrastructure improvements; requiring a baseline study on military construction funding for defense acquisition functions, including science and technology; supporting funding and operation of the Air Force Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program by the Air Force Research Laboratory; extending authorization for the SBIR/STTR Administration Pilot Program, extending authorization for the SBIR Direct to Phase II Pilot Program; requiring an outside review of Department of Defense policy on rotation of members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) in science and technical fields; supporting the site selection for the F-35 Hybrid Product Support Integrator organization; opening an office in the Dayton region of the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx) program; supporting the Wright-Patterson Medical Center; supporting locating the current Air Force One aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force when the aircraft is retired and opposing attempts to move Presidential aircraft that are currently on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force; supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs implementation of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed in 2017 to establish a history office and heritage center in restored historic buildings on the campus of the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Dayton, including approval of documents necessary to formally create the office and filling the position of VA Chief Historian; reauthorizing the National Aviation Heritage Area; urging the National Park Service to purchase the two original Wright Company Factory buildings for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; urging the National Park Service to update the General Management Plan for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and to complete Historic Structure Reports for the Wright Factory Company buildings, Hawthorn Hill, and the Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial; urging the National Park Service to fill the now-vacant position of superintendent of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; increasing funding for National Heritage Areas; supporting H.R. 4449, and its companion bill, S. 2377, to name the Dayton federal building and United States Courthouse as the Walter H. Rice Federal Building and United States Courthouse; supporting the following provisions of H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (as passed the House): Section, 711, Transition of Administration by Defense Health Agency of Military Medical Treatment Facilities (provision regarding reporting on methodology and criteria used to make decisions); Section 854, Amendments to Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program; Section 1076, Reauthorization of National Aviation Heritage Area; Section 2301, Authorized Air Force Construction and Land Acquisition Projects (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base); Section 2841, Defense Community Infrastructure Program; Section 7601, Military Construction (Authorization for funding for ADAL Intelligence Production Complex, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base); opposing Section 3, Elimination of Certain Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities (specifically the elimination of the Office of Economic Adjustment) from April 16, 2018, Discussion Draft of a bill to promote efficiency and agility, reduce duplication and redundancy, and streamline bureaucracy across Defense Agencies, Department of Defense Field Activities, etc.; supporting S.690, extending the time for HUBZone Redesignated areas from three years to seven years; increasing the Airport Passenger Facility Charge (PFC); supporting H.R.1098 and S. 384, New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017; expanding the New Markets Tax Credit program to include a Manufacturing Communities Tax Credit; supporting amendment to H.R.6157, Defense Appropriations Act, 2019, to shift funds from the administrative office of the Secretary of Defense to fund the Defense Community Infrastructure Program; supporting funding for the Intelligence Production Complex, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in H.R.5786 and S. 3024, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (also H.R. 5895, FY2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act); supporting sustained funding research growth among federal agencies; supporting the following provisions of H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (as passed the Senate): Section 1729, Limitation on Cancellation of Designation of Secretary of the Air Force as Department of Defense Executive Agent for a Certain Defense Production Act Program; section 2301, Authorized Air Force Construction and Land Acquisition Projects (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base); Section 2834, Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program; Section 4601, Military Construction (Authorization for funding for ADAL Intelligence Production Complex, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base).

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization